The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Hon. Eriya Kategaya is dead.
Kategaya died on Saturday evening in Nairobi Kenya at Nairobi Hospital where he had been admitted for over a month. There have been concerns among Ugandans about the health of the Minister ever since he went silent.
Born on 04 July 1945 in Ntungamo District, Kategaya died at the age of 67 years.
Speaking on phone to state media Saturday evening, information and national guidance minister Mary Karooro Okurut said government regrets the death of Kategeya.
“The government, with deep sorrow, wishes to announce the death of Kategaya, This is a tragedy both for the family and the country. His death is a massive loss to Uganda and has robbed the country of an exemplary freedom fighter and true statesman.”
The deputy premier simultaneously held the ministerial docket for East African Affairs but had been in bad health for months, on occasions being admitted to Kampala’s upscale Nakasero Hospital after episodes of blackouts.
Kategaya died on Saturday evening in Nairobi Kenya at Nairobi Hospital where he had been admitted for over a month. There have been concerns among Ugandans about the health of the Minister ever since he went silent.
Born on 04 July 1945 in Ntungamo District, Kategaya died at the age of 67 years.
Speaking on phone to state media Saturday evening, information and national guidance minister Mary Karooro Okurut said government regrets the death of Kategeya.
“The government, with deep sorrow, wishes to announce the death of Kategaya, This is a tragedy both for the family and the country. His death is a massive loss to Uganda and has robbed the country of an exemplary freedom fighter and true statesman.”
| The late Hon. Minister Erya Ketegaya. |
Kategaya, a childhood friend of President Yoweri Museveni right from the days of the bush wars, was considered the country’s de facto Number Two until 2003 when acrimonious debates about lifting of the constitutional provision on presidential term limits, which he opposed, polarised him and the President.
The cause of death was not clear by press time, but doctors said they had previously discovered a blood clot in Kategaya’s leg that was suspected to drift toward his brain.
His close friend and Presidential Advisor on media affairs, John Nagenda described Kategaya as a man of the people, who loved his country and always to see the best come to the country. He said the country had lost a resource in Eriya Kategaya.
Kategaya was a lawyer by profession and this helped him to keep on the helm of Uganda and East Africa's politics
The cause of death was not clear by press time, but doctors said they had previously discovered a blood clot in Kategaya’s leg that was suspected to drift toward his brain.
His close friend and Presidential Advisor on media affairs, John Nagenda described Kategaya as a man of the people, who loved his country and always to see the best come to the country. He said the country had lost a resource in Eriya Kategaya.
Kategaya was a lawyer by profession and this helped him to keep on the helm of Uganda and East Africa's politics
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